How To Trust God When You Don’t Like The Changes In Your Life

No one likes change There are changes in our lives that we will like and there are changes in our lives what we will totally dislike.. A young child goes through many changes just to become an adult and them for many when that point in life happen they seem to be completely unsure of what the next step in life should be. In our adult lives we make plans and many time our plans either have to change or we have to cast them aside simply because of what is happening in our lives or what is happening in the world around us.

1. CHANGE IS TOTALLY UNAVOIDABLE.

I want you to know that some of the changes that will happen in your lie will make you very happy. On the other hand some of the changes that are happening or will be happening will make you a very unhappy person.

This verse that I am going to read shows us that change is something that we can't stop but we do need to learn how to deal with it.

“As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night.”Genesis 8:22 (NLT)

There is no growth without change

There is no change without loss

There is no loss without grief

There is no grief without pain

2. CHANGE IS NOT ALWAYS GOOD, BUT GOD CAN IF WE LET HIM AND ASK HIM USE IT.

We live in an imperfect world with imperfect people. So there will be time when things happen to us that will not be according to the Lords plan. Yet if we are willing we can and should ask the Lord with the idea of allowing the lord to use what is happening to us to bring about His plan and give us a blessing, `“ And we know that God causes all things to work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.”Romans 8:28 NASV.

I love to bake and I am not very good at it unless I get some help from my Lady Barbara. What is interesting about making cookies is that they contain many different items that must be mixed together in according to the plan. By itself each item does not taste very very but when mixed together and baked out come a cookie that taste great.

3. GOD’S PURPOSE IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE IS TO USE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES TO TEACH US AND TO DISCIPLES US SO THAT WE BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS.

So what is Gods purpose. Well we find the answer to that in the first half of verse 29.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son,

The key to understanding these verses is the words ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. Everything that the Lord does is done to bring about His purpose in the lives of His Children. God can and will if we are willing to ask Him and if we are willing to give Him absolute free reign in lives, use whatever is happening in our lives to teach us and to help us conform to the image of Jesus.

When I was in high school I decide that I knew everything I needed to know for life. When I got to University during the first day of class I realize that these teenagers were a whole lot smarter than I was. I know that you know that Gods used other people as sandpaper to teach us and to help us to conform to Jesus. Let me tell you about Mike a young teenage who drove me nuts.

Read Galatians 5:22-23. (NASB) "But the fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, SELF-CONTROL, AGAINST SUCH THINGS THERE IS ON LAW." How do we have all these gifts in our lives working in us like they do is Jesus. SANDPAPER.

4. GOD CAN USE US EVEN HUMAN ERROR AND THE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO.

The story of Joseph life is one of the best to illustrate this point .

The best way to describe Joseph early life when he was home with his families is to say that Joseph was a spoiled child and at time he acted the part which didn't help when his brother were around. The brothers got to the point where the committed sin by selling Joseph as a slave and lying to their father that Joseph was killed by a wild animal . Then in Egypt again Joseph was accused of rape and put in prison until the pharaoh had his dream. In chapter 50 after Jacob death the brother forgot what Joseph had told them in Chapter 45: 5-8 and sent a note to Joseph saying that their father asked them to send the note requesting that Joseph forgive them of their transgression and sin. How was God able to accomplished His purpose and plan for his chosen people. The answer is that Joseph allowed the Lord to use him in His plan. Joseph not only saved the land of Egypt but he also saved the nation of Israel.